GREEN BAY — Rashan Gary hasn’t registered a sack in six games, and even Green Bay Packers defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley, his staunchest defender, admits that his defense needs the veteran defensive end to generate more pressure on opposing quarterbacks than he has of late.

But Hafley delivered a full-throated defense of Gary’s limited recent production on Thursday during his weekly Q&A session with reporters, insisting that Gary, who signed a four-year, $96 million extension in October 2023 and is under contract through 2027, is “playing really well” despite the black-and-white numbers indicating otherwise.

After registering 4.5 sacks in the Packers’ first three games — 1.5 in the team’s Sept. 7 season-opening win over Detroit, one in a Sept. 11 win over Washington and two in a Sept.

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